@cnn: Shoe company Converse removed a social media ad after public backlash that the imagery resembled a hanging figure alongside a Ku Klux Klan member. #Converse

Pragmaticahole :

Reaching for the fking moon

PilipinoPish :

Original ad photos btw

Katsmash :

This is the chief marketing officer for converse!!

Cain :

So the shape of light is racist

a6b7__ :

“what can i complain about today”

Jon Mupo :

How the hell do people come up with these comparisons…

BigYogurt :

CNN using a cropped version with the exposure lowered to try and make it something it’s not looool this is the actual ad

kingeeky :

I don’t see it just holding shoes bruh

pythagoras971@￴￴￴ ￴￴￴￴￴￴ ￴￴￴￴￴ :

from Africa there is no problem people are making it a problem

Joker🇺🇸 :

it's not a troubling image to me. I find it refreshing and nostalgic.

Chucho V :

I am woke af. I don’t see it.

Peachcompote006🏳️‍🌈 :

Some people are losing the plot at this point..

Miniard :

people will find whatever they want in anything

Banyan Cross :

We’re living in hell

germangirl0013 :

Come on!!!! This is a reach

Toxify Gaming :

now I see why CNN is out the white house this shouldn't be news

JoRo :

yeah and a cloud is in the shape of a guy's face....

Offgrid Family :

Am convinced that companies willfully do these controversial ads just to get backlash...as a marketing strategy 😏

HAKU 💙 :

they know what tf they be doing.

🗽 :

so sensitive🙄

carter :

I don’t see how it’s racist

isthisforreal :

Alex :

it's a joke, right?

Freedom 🪽 :

I don't see it

bird_iz_da_word :

Advertisements have been using subliminal messages for ever. They knew what they were doing with this campaign.